Flood, Orange
- When
- March 8, 5:00 AM PST to 11:00 AM PST
- Where
- Orange County, Countywide
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.677, -117.776 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in California, March 8, 2000
Heavy rains most of the morning, flooded roads across Orange County and Western Riverside County. The deaths and injuries resulted from a traffic accident during an afternoon downpour.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 4
- Property damage
- $60,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS SGX wrote it up.
Heavy rains most of the morning, flooded roads across Orange County and Western Riverside County. The deaths and injuries resulted from a traffic accident during an afternoon downpour.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Riverside
- When
- March 8, 7:00 AM PST to 2:00 PM PST
- Where
- Riverside County, Elsinore
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $60,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.744, -115.994 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flood, Riverside | 2000-03-08 | 18 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
| Flood, Riverside | 2000-03-08 | 59 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, March 8, 2000
- Wildfire in Missouri, March 8 to 10, 2000
- High Wind in Iowa, March 8 to 9, 2000
- High Wind in Missouri, March 8, 2000
- Lightning Strikes in Michigan, March 8 to 9, 2000
- High Wind in Kansas, March 8, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, March 8, 2000
- Excessive Heat in West Virginia, March 8, 2000
- High Wind in Kansas, March 8, 2000
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, March 8, 2000
- Hail in Michigan, March 8, 2000
- Excessive Heat in New York, March 8 to 9, 2000
More
Every storm in California in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in California, March 2000
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5136124, 5136123.